Diode-pumped passively mode-locked composite Nd:YVO4/Nd:YVO4/Nd:YVO4 laser with a SESAM. (29th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, X M; Li, G Q; Zhao, S Z; Li, S X; Zhang, L; Guo, Y J
• Is Part Of: Laser physics. Volume 25:Number 9(2015:Sep.)
• Publication Date: 2015-07-29
• Subjects: diode-pumped -- Nd(0.1at%):YVO4/Nd(0.3at%):YVO4/Nd(0.8at%):YVO4 composite crystal -- passively mode-locked laser -- SESAM; Lasers -- Periodicals; 621.36605
• DOI: 10.1088/1054-660X/25/9/095003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1054-660X

Abstract

Abstract: The performance of the passively continuous-wave mode-locked Nd(0.1at%):YVO4 /Nd(0.3at%):YVO4 /Nd(0.8at%):YVO4 laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) is first reported to our knowledge. At the pump power of 7.69 W, an average output power of 887 mW was obtained with a slope efficiency of 12.2%. The pulse duration was measured to be 8.8 ps with a repetition rate of 34.7 MHz, which corresponded to the single pulse energy of 25.6 nJ and the peak power of 2.9 kW.